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r A. S. PARKER. Prop-Block Washer for Carriages.

No. 224,603. Patented Feb. 17, 1880.

wizjjs-e S; InZfZLioP. afldwaia I than those made from two pieces of thin leather UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABIJAH S. PARKER, OF BIN GHAMTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO CHARLES T. GRILLEY, OF BOSTON, MASS.

PROP-BLOCK WASHER FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,603, dated February 17, 1880.

Application filed May 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABIJAH S. PARKER, of Bingharnton, in the county of Bro ome and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Prop-Block Washers for Carriages, which improvement is fully set forth inthe following specification,reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention consists of a prop-block washer made of leather, out the size and shape desired, and then compressed in dies to give the same the desired shape and ornamentation. It may have an imitation stitch pressed thereon,

, i l or any other desiredornamentation, and the hole in the same can be either round or square. Such washers have hitherto been made of leather, generally of two pieces stitched together, and such washers have also been made of rubber.

My washer holds its color better than rubber, and, being pressed out of thick leather, is hardand solid, and retains its shape better stitched together. 4

In the accompanying drawings, Figure is thin piece of patent-leather on the back of the 3 5 4 same with cement before pressing, to give it a good finish. a

A is the washer. to is a polygonal. hole in the center thereof, andb an imitation stitch or other. desired ornamentation.

I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a prop-block washer for carriages, made of leath er, the same being compressed in dies to give the desired shape and ornamentation, substan- 5 tially as herein shown and described.

ABIJAH. S. PARKER. -Wit-nesses:

CHAS. E. TITOHENER, EDMUND H. TITOHENER. 

